Guild Wars 2

I’m looking for an official stance from Anet about the FOV.

If I use Windowed Mode and shrink the vertical of my screen I get an increased FoV. It’s small, but it exists.

I have heard of, seen, but not tried programs that alter FoV settings. I’ve seen the FoV post at the top of this forum (only the last tab), but it doesn’t state if FoV mods are allowed. I realize there was a patch to the FoV awhile back, but it was rather insignificant in comparison to the FoV mods that are out currently (seen on youtube).

Will there be allowances made for using FoV mods, or does Anet have plans underway to increase customization to the current FoV settings? Ideally this is for WvW AC’s, Treb’s, and Cata’s, but there are PvE applications for this as well (jumping puzzles for example)

These mods seem like they would be great additions to the game and give it a new elevated and unique style of gameplay.

Alternative suggestions would be to create a sky view down for these Siege units that is restricted to the full range of each weapon (and perhaps a visible and increasing vector line from you as the origin to the destination based on overall charge of things such as cata’s and trebs in the sky view to help better gauge your shots).

Anyways, I would love an official stance on this subject.

Thanks,
Dragon

I know it’s not particularly helpful but from what I’ve seen ArenaNet don’t really like to comment either way.

The general view however is: Does it give you an unfair advantage? If it does then it probably won’t be allowed.

I will admit that I too would love to see the game feature an FOV slider. I also wish the camera was centred a bit higher but I suspect we won’t be seeing that any time soon.

I guess I’m a bit confused then…

“Does it give you an unfair advantage?” is rather difficult to measure. Utilizing gaming peripherals gives you an unfair advantage. Having a superior graphics card and computer gives you an unfair advantage. Having knowledge that using windowed mode and shrinking the vertical aspect manually will result in an increased FOV gives you an unfair advantage. For that matter – having a better ISP service and overall data package gives you an unfair advantage.

So where is this line drawn? If Anet doesn’t provide an official stance on it then by default it must be allowed since they don’t explicitly prohibit it. Without a proper gauge of “does it give you an unfair advantage” no one can 1) complain if you use superior products/services, or if you use program mods that do essentially the same equivalent thing (in essence) as having a 60" TV screen as your monitor and shrinking the vertical to 1/10 the size to give an increased FOV or 2) punish you for doing anything stated in 1) since they never said you couldn’t.

Am I wrong?

This is why I request an official stance on the subject. As I stated in my first post – I feel if we were allowed to use it and wouldn’t get punished for it we could have an elevated gaming experience.

So please provide us players with an official stance on this subject.

Is there a way for me to relocate this thread to the GW2 Discussion thread w/o getting in trouble for reposting?

Check the sticky thread on this subject at the top of the TECH SUPPORT page (it’s a command line argument that allows FoV adjustment). I think Anet’s official stance is that the use of any utility that gives an advantage is subject to action but I don’t think altering your window size is going to fall into this category.

Are you 100% SURE what you are doing actually effects the game FoV? It sounds to me more like you are simply stretching the display horizontally, not actually seeing a wider view…..

I’ve tried working with that top post you pointed at, but that implementation is actually already active within the game – Hence the “old FOV” command inserted later in that thread.

As for whether or not stretching actually affects the game FOV – i’d suggest you try it to see for yourself. In my opinion it does affect it. How? Well I used LA as a testing ground and found some rock areas that I couldn’t see on top of. I shrunk my vertical to about 1/4 my normal size and suddenly I can see on top of it. I could even more accurately place my GT skills due to that. This effect would be simply abused in WvW where AC’s have no LoS restrictions.

I seem to be getting no help here so I – again – ask if “is there a way for me to relocate this thread to the GW2 Discussion thread w/o getting in trouble for reposting?”

NOTE:
If I do not get a response by the next time I check this – I will repost in the GW2 Discussion section – so please understand that I requested confirmation on whether or not this okay to do – and thus w/o a response I should not be penalized for doing what I was never told not to do.